[gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Kazantsev mk.frag...@gmail.com writes: [...] Harry wrote: So if I could identify what it is in the kernel that allowes it to work at the point where the kernel takes over (login prompt), then maybe I could enable that aspect somehow inside an initramfs, and be able to have the KVM

[gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-10 Thread Harry Putnam
Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk writes: If you can't access the BIOS using the KVM then the problem is hardware, not with Linux software. You mean if my keyboard through kvm can't get to bios... yea I see your point. I'll try that shortly... currently compiling an older gcc

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-10 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:56:15 -0500 Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Mike Kazantsev mk.frag...@gmail.com writes: I also wonder, does BIOS recognize this KVM, can you access it? How would I access it? Usually via DEL or F2 keys on boot, as soon as monitor lights up. Look out for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-10 Thread Stroller
On 10 Jun 2009, at 15:56, Harry Putnam wrote: ... I also wonder, does BIOS recognize this KVM, can you access it? How would I access it? My KVM is slightly clever, in that (boastnot only can I access it with a web-browser/boast) it allows keyboard shortcut combinations to be mapped. I

[gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Mike Kazantsev mk.frag...@gmail.com writes: Something finally allows the kvm pass through to be recognized but not until I've reached the login prompt. But linux kernel isn't loaded or used in any way when grub screen comes up - grub is loading it as a last step of it's execution, so any

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KVM and no keyboard at start of boot

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:55:49 -0500 Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Mike Kazantsev mk.frag...@gmail.com writes: Something finally allows the kvm pass through to be recognized but not until I've reached the login prompt. But linux kernel isn't loaded or used in any way when grub